It's a dangerous business, going out your door…

One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year was a set of new watercolors from my little brother. For the past few months, I’ve been scraping by on an eight-tint Crayola set that is five years old. Yuck. The new set has a massive array of colors and when I combine it with the big set of brushes I got for my birthday, I’m capable of achieving so much more with my paint.

I’ve been exploring some different techniques/subjects, which has been a blast. Since this is a watercolor-only edition of SK and I’ve put a lot of thought and time into all these works, let’s take things one by one…

(Please excuse the crappy image quality)

These mountains were the first thing I painted upon receiving my new paint. I gave this one to my best friend as a belated Christmas gift.

I had a blast painting this sunflower on Christmas day. I gave it to my summer partner, Eva, (who loves yellow).

This is my amateur attempt at capturing The Lonely Mountain from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. It took forever to paint–so many layers! I rewatched one of the films while I painted, staying up WAY too late to finish. But, gosh, am I pleased with the result! I loved it so much I sent it home with my older brother, who shares my love of Tolkien.

Okay, so the picture quality is REALLY crappy here. It looks much better in person. This was my first real attempt at painting people since getting the new brushes and paint. I originally started out doing lots of people (see previous Sketchbook Corners for examples), but it was difficult with only one brush to work with. I started this one on a whim–the basic sketch took only a couple minute. I finished her up at a sleepover, which was actually pretty challenging as I had to balance the paints on my friend’s couch while avoiding her over-excited pomeranians.

I painted this last night while watching the premiere of Marvel’s Agent Carter with my mother. I wanted to experiment more with painting people, and I’m quite pleased with the result! I’ve been reading several YA fairytale retellings, so I imagine she’s either Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, or has a story of her own.

Finally…

This took FOREVER. I did the background and sketches of the trees before New Years and didn’t pick it back up until last night. The details on the trees took what felt like hours. And yes… it’s inspired by a Taylor Swift song. (My favorite on her 1989 album). Painting all the black got annoying and adding words with white felt like a risk, but I’m definitely pleased with the result!

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Welcome to Keep Your Feet! I’m Amelia, a Minnesotan in my twenties working as a librarian in a small town. Here on my corner of the internet, I share my love of books, cats, travel, and adventure. Feel free to pull up a chair, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and come along.

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